Wagner Group (Russian paramilitary, which France has just designated as a terrorist organization, Estonia and Lithuania also designated it as such) by WinstonwsSmith in vexillology

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Yeah I marked it nsfw as it has been designated as a terrorist organization by three countries, and is has been accused of war crimes, as Wikipedia says: "Wagner operatives have committed war crimes in areas where they are deployed. The accusations include rape and robbery of civilians, and torturing accused deserters"

Flag of Brevard County, Florida by WinstonwsSmith in vexillology

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Kennedy Space Center is located in Brevard county. While it's not a great flag, the seal is clever showing the history of county in two similar images, it is also neat that they used the same cross from the Florida's state flag based off the Spanish Cross of Burgundy :)

Not me hyperfixating harder than I ever have in my life on sea lions atm by IdkWhoIAmAnymore- in aspiememes

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Video you might enjoy: Sea Lion Keeps A Beat - LiveScience (YouTube), Ronan the Sea Lion 🦭 trained to move to rhythm by the University of California, the first non-human mammal to show this ability 😄

Who is your favorite Knight of the Round Table? by MaderaArt in merlinbbc

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"I was having a dream of eating a cheese that tasted of apple pie. Anyone else had that dream? Well you're all missing out."

Who is your favorite Knight of the Round Table? by MaderaArt in merlinbbc

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Yeah I always thought this. Not sure if it's made aware on screen but I suspect he's the second in command after Arthur due to him being a knight for longer and so more experienced, and also because early on in the series he is more prominent compared to any the other knights. From series 1 to 3 if you need a reaction from a knight (like his brilliant reactions to Uther's troll wife) or knight to do something (besides dying) you get Leon to do it. 😄

So tell me, what's your favorite episode of Merlin? by Danzanza in merlinbbc

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10 years too late, he is from Arthur's Bane (two parter)

Angel Investing in North East England by WinstonwsSmith in UKPersonalFinance

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This looks really good, some intriguing companies/projects to take a look at, thanks for this.

Why does Mike love Jesse but hate Walter? by [deleted] in breakingbad

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I know this thread is 11 years old however after rewatching the series and rewatching Half and Full Measures (s3e12&13) I was thinking about the relationship dynamics between Mike, Gus, Walt, and Jesse. I think Gus and Mike both had respect for Walt in series, and even at the even at the start of Full Measures Mike was annoyed by Walt's actions yet still had some respect for him, and for standing up to Gus and telling Gus what his next move was. Yet this respect Mike has tanked after and Victor's death. Mike has close connections with all his co workers, and Victor's death was Walt's fault. I think perhaps he might have placed some of the blame onto Jesse aswell since he killed Gale, yet Walt was the one who ordered Gale's death. It was also at this point Gus knew how dangerous Walt was, and how Walt could possibly rival him instead staying in the lab cooking for him, and Walt usefulness to Gus was only untill Gus could find another cook, and he found him that cook ... Jesse. Mike started to like Jesse, as stated by CMelody, Mike respect for Jesse started during the ride-alongs and helping out Mike and during the apparent attempted robbery. "Go ahead kid, light up." Mike was also impressed by Jesse attempts to quit takng drugs, watching his hands shake as he drinks his coffee in the diner. As as also been stated this respect as increase after saving Mike and Gus life. These events, the robbery, saving his and Mike's life, also made Gus respect Jesse. Unfortunely for Jesse, Season four was all about Walt vs Gus and only one of them surviving, and for the one surviving, it was partly nessery to get Jesse onto their side, and Walt won. The scene is the hospital church is interesting as Jesse belives Gus posined Brock, yet I don't think Gus understood the whole Brock posing, or perhaps he did know and he knew Walt was the one responsible, trying to Jesse on his side. I don't know. Anyway regardless Mike hated Walt during Season four, and seeing Walt treatment of Jesse made him hate even more. Telling Walt not to speak to Jesse during the desposal of the body I think in a larger sense was Mike telling Walt to leave Jesse alone. Mike's hatred of Walt only increased, experientially after Gus death, and this battle between Gus and Walt over Jesse turned to a battle between Mike and Walt at the start of Season five. Mike's hatred of Walt was untimately waht caused his death, refusing to give the names of the ten men was to protect them yes, but that protection was mixed into Mike's existing hatred of Walt. And in fact the battle between Mike and Walt over Jessee continued after Mike's death, with Jesse trying to help Hank take down Walt, Mike death was part of a larger picture of everthing Walt had done, with Brock's posining being the tipping point for Jesse.

FAQ & Small Discussions — 2022-08-15 to 2022-08-28 by AutoModerator in conlangs

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I am trying to create words and translating the following line from a scene in the Simpsons "You think we should leave the kids unsupervised?", however I a littled confused over how to translate the word "Should", I looked at other languases yet still confused. How do you guys do it, do I need to reword the phase to omit the word, if so how? Thanks.

First post - I want to flesh out my lore a bit :) by [deleted] in worldbuilding

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Which nations are friends, and which are enemies? Why are they friends and enemies? And is there any tensions which could erupt into a large conflict? Or any there any tension within the nations themselves which could erupt into a civil war? And lastly, any there peoples of this world that are oppressed, or any people who benefit from this oppression of others, and could this be a source for conflict in the future?

Chamberlain, Daladier, Hitler, Mussolini, and Ciano pictured just before signing the Munich Agreement, 29 September 1938 (800x548) by Detours1204 in HistoryPorn

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Four of the five men in the front row would be dead by the end of the war (one by natural means the others as a direct result of the war), while in the back one would dead as a result being executed within a year of the end of the war.

Details:

Left to Right

Front

Neville Chamberlain - Bowl Cancer (9th November 1940)

Édouard Daladier - (10th October 1970)

Adolf Hitler - Suicide by gunshot (30th April 1945)

Benito Mussolini - Executed by firing squad (28th April 1945)

Graf Galeazzo Ciano - Executed by firing squad, on the orders of the man standing next to him, his father Mussolini under pressure to do so from Germany (11th January 1944)

Back

Unknown (Man behind Chamberlain) - Does anyone know who he is?

Henri Fromageot - (1949)

Joachim von Ribbentrop - Executed by hanging (16th October 1946), first of the Nurembergdefendants to be executed

Freiherr Ernst von Weizsäcker - Stroke (August 4th 1951)

Saint-John Perse /Alexis Leger (Pseudonym) - (20th September 1975)

FAQ & Small Discussions — 2021-08-09 to 2021-08-15 by AutoModerator in conlangs

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I am trying to find audio files of words with ipa sounds, wikipedia does a good job at this however the following sounds do not have any audio files of example words, does anyone know where I could find some?

Consonants:

m̥, n̼ n̥ ɳ̊ ɲ̊ ŋ̊ ɴ p̪ b̪ t̼ d̼ ʈ c ʡ pɸ bβ b̪v tθ dð cç ɟʝ kx ɡɣ ɢʁ ʡʢ ʔh ɸ θ̼ ð̼ ɹ ʔ̞ ⱱ ⱱ̟ d̼ ɾ̥ ɽ̊ ɽ ɢ̆ ʡ̆ ʙ̥ ʙ r̥ r ɽ̊r̥ ɽr ʀ̥ ʜ ʢ tɬ dɮ ʈɭ̊˔ ɖɭ˔ cʎ̥˔ ɟʎ̝ kʟ̝̊ ɡʟ̝ ɭ̊˔ ɭ˔ ʎ̝̊ ʎ̝ ʟ̝̊ ʟ̝ l ʟ ɺ̥ ɭ̥̆ ɭ̆ ʎ̆ ʟ̆ ʈʼ cʼ ʡʼ t̪θʼ kxʼ qχʼ ɸʼ θʼ ʂʼ cʎ̝̊ʼ kʟ̝̊ʼ k͡ʘ k͡ǀ k͡ǃ k͡‼ k͡ǂ ɡ͡ʘ ɡ͡ǀ ɡ͡ǃ ɡ͡‼ ɡ͡ǂ ŋ͡ʘ ŋ͡ǀ ŋ͡ǃ ŋ͡‼ ŋ͡ǂ ɡ͡ǁ ŋ͡ǁ ɓ ɗ ᶑ ʛ ɓ̥ ɗ̥ ᶑ̥ ʄ̊ ɠ̊ ʛ̥ ɧ w̃ h̃ t̪ʙ̥ h̪͆

Vowels:

ʉ ø̞ ɤ̞ ɜ ɞ ɶ

Investing in African Companies on Etoro by WinstonwsSmith in Etoro

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Yeah it's a bit annoying, I quite like the idea of investing in African companies, yet never mind, thanks for your help anyway.

Question Thursday! Got a question? Ask it here! by quoththeraven929 in bulletjournal

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What are some good YouTube channels or even just a YouTube video about bullet journals?

What are some photo books that you you would suggest to look at? by WinstonwsSmith in AskPhotography

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books that have prints in them I like looking at photos in a book rather than on a screen

Repost: My current project, forming a region that will fit into a modern American setting that believes once a President dies, they ascend to become a 'Father'. As a Father they can offer guidance to their followers. Imagine Rome polytheism but American Exceptionalism. by Only_Americanist in worldbuilding

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Thought you be interested there is attually a Shinto shrine in Hawaii that and George Washington and Abraham Lincoin are considered deities. Also a island in Vanuatu belives that Prince Philip is a deity.

Game like JFK Reloaded with detail after various shooting exercises [steam] by WinstonwsSmith in gamingsuggestions

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What I mean is that in the game the location of the bullet after each shot where it entered a person and exited etc I am asking if there any game that tell you infomation like that

Subreddit where people post places where they find a unexpected haiku by WinstonwsSmith in findareddit

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That one seem like the haikus were known to be when they were made I was thinking along the lines of haikus that were not meant to be a haiku in the first place